Exclusive: Trump to ask for $8.6 billion for wall

President Donald Trump on Monday will ask the U.S. Congress for an additional $8.6 billion to help pay for the wall he promised to build on the southern border with Mexico, officials familiar with his 2020 budget request told Reuters.

Tamara Lindstrom reports.

Exclusive: Trump to ask for $8.6 billion for wall

Hell-bent on fulfilling his campaign promise, President Donald Trump is planning to ask Congress on Monday for an additional $8.6 billion dollars to help pay for a wall along the US border with Mexico.

We're doing whatever we have to do..." That's according to sources who told Reuters exclusively that Trump's demand is more than six times what Congress allocated for border projects in each of the past two fiscal years, and 6 percent more than Trump has corralled by invoking emergency powers this year.